(FROM THE…MARCH 31, 2008…SHOW)
THE A.M.A. ARENA-CROSSERS WERE IN TORONTO…EH?…ON
SATURDAY NIGHT FOR ROUND # 12 OF THEIR 17 RACE SEASON…AND IT WAS…CHAD
REED…RIDING HIS YAMAHA…TO WIN # 7 AHEAD OF A PAIR OF HONDA’S…RIDDEN BY KEVIN
WINDHAM…WHO FINISHED…2ND …AND DAVID MILLSAPS…3RD…
FOR WHATEVER REASON…THE 125cc LITES" CLASS…DOES
NOT RACE IN TORONTO…(MUST BE DUE TO SOME…CLAUSE…IN THE N.A.F.T.A. AGREEMENT)…
THE…ARENA SUPERCROSSERS…HEAD TO IRVING, TEXAS…WITH
THE…NASCARIANS… NEXT WEEKEND…FOR ROUND # 13…OF THEIR SEASON…
AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS OFF…THE…U.S.A.C./C.R.A.
"CAL SPRINTERS"… RE-EMERGED AT…"WEASLEY NAMED"…PERRIS SPEEDWAY… SATURDAY…
THE…"CAL SPRINTERS"…WILL TAKE ANOTHER COUPLE OF
WEEKS OFF NOW…BEFORE ONCE AGAIN…RE-EMERGING AT…"WEASLEY NAMED"… PERRIS
SPEEDWAY…ON…APRIL 12TH…
THE INDY LIGHTS AS USUAL LED OFF THE…INDY CAR SHOW
IN HOMESTEAD ON SATURDAY AND IT WAS DILLON BATTISTINI TAKING THE CHECKERED
FLAG AHEAD OF RICHARD ANTINUCCI …2ND WITH…EX-NASCARIAN…BACKMARKER…BRENT
SHERMAN…3RD…
PHOENIX’S…ARIE LUYENDYK, JR…IN HIS RETURN TO THE
SERIES AFTER TAKING A YEAR OFF DROVE HIS…TEAM ANDRETTI…CAR TO A 4TH
PLACE FINISH…FROM THE…11TH STARTING SPOT AND THAT’S A …GOOD
SHOWING…IN HIS RETURN…
THE NASCAR "WEST" SERIES…MADE ITS’ …1ST
APPEARANCE SINCE 1982 AT…ALL AMERICAN SPEEDWAY IN…ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA… AND
IT WAS…ERIC HOLMES…LEADIN’ ‘EM ALL AS
HE WON…THE…SEASON OPENING…150 LAPPER…
HOLMES…HELD OFF THE COMPETITION IN A…TWO-LAP DASH
TO THE FINISH…TO GIVE TOYOTA ITS FIRST VICTORY IN THE "WEST" SERIES… AND IN
THE PROCESS…CLINCHED HIMSELF A SPOT IN THE…ALL STAR SHOWDOWN…NEXT
JANUARY…AT IRWINDALE…
DAVID MAYHEW…TOOK THE RUNNER-UP
SPOT…WHILE…DEFENDING CHAMP…MIKE DAVID FINISHED…3RD…PHOENIX’S…MOSES
SMITH…THE ONLY "ZONIE" IN THE FIELD FINISHED …5TH.
THE "NEWLY FORMED"…SRL SERIES…(FORMERLY
THE…NASCAR SOUTHWEST SERIES) WAS ALSO AT ROSEVILLE…ON SATURDAY…AND IT WAS…
TROY ER-MISH…DOMINATING THE CAUTION FILLED
SHOW…AS HE TOOK THE WIN AHEAD OF… TODD BAMMER…2ND…JIM PETTIT THE 2ND
…3RD…
THE…GRAND AM SERIES…RETURNED TO ACTION FOR THE 1ST
TIME SINCE THE…24 HOURS OF DAYTONA…AND THEY WERE STILL IN FLORIDA…AND
STILL WITH THE NASCARIANS AT HOMESTEAD…ON SATURDAY… WHERE IT
WAS…SCOTT PRUETT & MEMO ROJAS…MAKING IT TWO WINS … IN A ROW…AS THEY WHEELED
THEIR LEXUS…TO VICTORY LANE…
PORSCHERS…BILL AU-BER-LIN AND…JOEY HAND…RAN
BRIDESMAID…AT HOMESTEAD WHILE FORD’S…OSWALDO NEGRI…AND…MARK
PATTER-SON…COMPLETED THE PODIUM
PHOENIX’S…DARREN LAW…AND TEAMMATE…DAVID
DO-NO-HUE…HAD A TOUGH DAY COMPLETING ONLY 59 OF 99 LAPS…AND RECORDED A 42ND
PLACE…OVERALL FINISH…
NEXT UP FOR THE GRAND AM-ERS…WILL BE…MEXICO
CITY…THE WEEKEND OF…APRIL 17TH…
RETIRED…7 TIME...F-1 CHAMP…MICHAEL SCHUMACHER FINISHED 4TH IN
HIS FIRST COMPETITIVE MOTORCYCLE RACE...SCHUMACHER…RECORDED
THE 2ND FASTEST LAP IN THE…K.T.M…MINOR SERIES RACE …AT THE…MI-SAN-O
CIRCUIT…IN ITALY…
SCHUMACHER…WHO HAS TESTED A…DUCATI MOTO GP
BIKE…RODE A 990 CC K.T.M…SUPER DUKE…IN THE 10-LAP K.T.M. TROPHY RACE…
AND…FINISHED 3RD IN SATURDAY'S QUALIFYING.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO…"SHORT CROTCH"…LARRY
GOSNELL
NICE PIECE ON…GLENDALE’S…MICHAEL MC DOWELL…IN THE
U.S.A. TODAY…LAST WEEK…AND IF YOU MISSED IT… WE’VE GOT A COPY HERE TONIGHT
LAST WEEK…WE DEBATED…THE SKILL SET OF…I.R.L…
NEWCOMER… GRAHAM RAHAL…AND HIS…DISLIKE OF OVAL TRACKS…AND…TO UPDATE YOU…RAHAL…STUFFED
IT INTO THE WALL IN PRACTICE… LAST WEEK… IN PRACTICE…AND MISSED SATURDAY’S
RACE…AT HOMESTEAD…
UNIFIED?…REUNITED?…I.R.L.-CHAMP CAR SERIES SEASON
OPENER… AT HOMESTEAD…26 CARS (COMMENTS ON THE RACE…"TOUCHING" … AT 210
MPH…EXCELLENT…T.V. COVERAGE…ONLY 3 CAUTIONS…)ST. PETERSBURG STREET COURSE…NEXT
UP…
THIS WEEK’S…FRIDAY RACIN’ COLUMN…IN THE ARIZONA
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC…BY…THE "SPINDOCTOR"…MICHAEL KNIGHT…TOLD US THAT DALE
EARNHARDT, JR…WILL BE WHEELIN’ A BLUE RACE CAR…HERE IN PHOENIX WITH
THE…NATIONAL GUARD…AS SPONSOR…SO GET… "AMPED UP"…FOR THAT…
AS A REMINDER…TO THE…"JUNIOR NATION"…THE
SOCIALIST-REPUBLIC …WILL PRINT A SPECIAL NASCAR SECTION…THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH…AND
THE…SPINDOCTOR…MICHAEL KNIGHT…WILL HAVE A…"BIG STORY" ON
THE…"NEW"…DALE EARNHARDT JR…
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT… MICHAEL KNIGHT’S…RACING BLOG…&
THE EASY WAY TO GET THERE IS THRU THE…RACING ROUNDUP.COM… LINKS PAGE
AND THIS FINAL PIECE COMES FROM THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS ON SUNDAY…AND IT’S A DOOZY.
A BRITISH TABLOID HAS VIDEO EVIDENCE…WHICH IT
CLAIMS SHOWS … F.I.A. PRESIDENT…MAX MOSLEY…ENGAGING IN S&M ACTS WITH 5
PROSTITUTES…IN A…NAZI ROLE-PLAYING SCENARIO.
MOSLEY…REPORTEDLY TOOK PART IN THE SCENE ON FRIDAY…AT A LONDON APARTMENT
ACCORDING TO THE… NEWS OF THE WORLD…
IN A VIDEO ON THE PAPER'S WEB SITE… IT SHOWS A MAN IDENTIFIED AS
…MOSLEY…ARRIVING AT AN APARTMENT…WHERE HE IS GREETED BY A WOMAN PLAYING THE
ROLE OF A PRISON GUARD…CHECKING HIS HAIR TO SEE IF HE HAS BEEN… KEPT CLEAN…
AND…LATER…ANOTHER WOMAN… IN A PRISONER'S UNIFORM…ENTERS THE
VIDEO…AND…MOSLEY…IS HEARD SPEAKING GERMAN.
THE PAPER SAID IT OBTAINED THE VIDEO FROM ITS "INVESTIGATORS," BUT GAVE NO
FURTHER DETAILS.
FORMULA ONE CHIEF EXECUTIVE…BERNIE ECCLESTONE…SAID THE SPORT SHOULDN'T BE
AFFECTED BY THE REPORT...
WE WENT TO THE PAPER’S WEB SITE… TO VIEW… (http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/3003_nazi_orgy.shtml)…AND
IT HAS A PICTURE OF…MR. MOSLEY BEING "SPANKED"…AND UNDERNEATH IT…IS THE
CAPTION…"TAKE ZAT: "MOSLEY IS BENT… NAKED AND CHAINED… OVER THE TORTURE
BENCH IN THE S&M DUNGEON …AS ONE OF THE HOOKERS LAYS INTO HIS BARE BUTTOCKS…SO
HARD WITH A CANE…HE NEEDED A DRESSING TO COVER THE WOUNDS…(REAL
NICE)…
WE GUESS…AS BORING AS F-1 RACES ARE…YA GOTTA FIND ENTERTAINMENT…WHERE
YOU CAN…AND THATS IT…HAPPY MOTORING .
(FROM THE…MARCH 24, 2008…SHOW)
THE …WORLD OF OUTLAWS WINGED (HIGH HEEL DRIVIN’) SPRINTERS …HAVE BEEN…ON
THE RACIN’ SIDELINES FOR NEARLY A MONTH…AND WON’T RACE AGAIN UNTIL…ARPIL 5TH…BUT
THEIR BRAINTRUST…HAS BEEN BUSY…LOCKING UP A TV DEAL WITH…SPEED CHANNEL…WHICH
WILL BROADCAST A HANDFUL OF EVENTS…INCLUDING THE…KING’S ROYALE FROM ELDORA
AND…THE SEASON ENDER…AT… CHARLOTTE…ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER SHOWS WHICH
WILL ALSO SHOWCASE THE…W.O.O…LATE MODEL SERIES…
AND THAT’S GOOD NEWS…
BONDURANT DRIVING INSTRUCTOR…AND…U.S.A.C. SILVER
CROWN… "OPEN WHEELER" …AARON PIERCE…IS GOING…FENDERED RACING …THIS YEAR…AS
HE’S BEEN SIGNED TO DRIVE IN THE…C.R.A. SUPER SERIES…AND WILL MAKE HIS
1ST START…AT THE NASHVILLE MOTORPLEX …NEXT SATURDAY…IN THE…ALL
AMERICAN 150…AND WE WISH HIM… GOOD LUCK!!!…IN HIS DEBUT…
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT…JIMMY SCHRUM…AND THE…CIRCLE
TRACK DEPOT …FOLKS…
DOUBTFUL THIS WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM…BUT…J.J.
YELEY…WHO IS … LANGUISHING IN 31ST IN POINTS...WITH…NO TOP 20
FINISHES...IN CUP ACTION THIS SEASON…HAS GOTTEN A NEW CREW CHIEF…
STEVE BOYER…HAS TAKEN THE…"TOP SPOT ON THE
BOX"…FOR YELEY …AND WE’RE NOT HOLDING OUR BREATH FOR…SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENT…AS…BOYER’S…PRIOR EXPERIENCE AS A…CREW CHIEF… IN THE SERIES…WAS
WITH…STERLING MARLIN…FOR 6 RACES IN 2004… (PRE C.O.T.)…AND WE ALL KNOW
HOW…STERLING’S CAREER… HAS… FLOURISHED…OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS…
AND…IF YOU…ZONIES…HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH…J.J.
YELEY’S …IMPACT ON THE NASCAR SCENE…PAY ATTENTION…BECAUSE
THIS WEEK…AT MARTINSVILLE…GLENDALE, ARIZONA…WILL HAVE A 2ND… DRIVER
…ENTERED IN NASCAR’S…PREMIER SERIES…AS…RR-AZ ALUM …MICHAEL MC DOWELL…WILL BE
BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE…# "00"… REPLACING DAVID REUITEMANN…IN THAT RIDE…WHILE
REUTIMANN TAKES OVER THE WHEEL OF THE…# 44 VACATED BY THE RETIREMENT OF…DALE
JARRETT…AND WE’RE BANKING THAT..MC DOWELL IS THE FUTURE THAT…WALTRIP
RACING…NEEDS…
THIS WEEK’S…FRIDAY RACIN’ COLUMN…IN THE …ARIZONA
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC…BY…THE "SPINDOCTOR"…MICHAEL KNIGHT…WILL PROVIDE A "TEASER"
ON…DALE EARNHARDT, JR…AS WELL AS SOME NEWS ON… THE…NEWLY MERGED…INDY CAR
SERIES…OPENER…AT HOMESTEAD …AND…ARIE LUYENDYK'S JR.'S NEW PRO SERIES RIDE.
ALSO…AS A REMINDER…TO THE…"JUNIOR
NATION"…THE…SOCIALIST-REPUBLIC …WILL PRINT A SPECIAL NASCAR SECTION…THURSDAY,
APRIL 10TH…AND THE…SPINDOCTOR…MICHAEL KNIGHT WILL HAVE A…"BIG
STORY"… ON THE…"NEW"…DALE EARNHARDT JR… (CHRIS???…ATTACHED)
AND…DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT… MICHAEL KNIGHT’S…ON
LINE… RACING… BLOG…AT…
SPIN DOCTOR 500 BLOG. BLOGSPOT. COM…BUT THE EASY WAY TO GET THERE IS
THROUGH THE…RACING ROUNDUP.COM… LINKS PAGE
26 CARS ARE ENTERED FOR THIS SATURDAY
NIGHT’S…(5:00 PHOENIX TIME)…INDY CAR.SEASON OPENER…AT HOMESTEAD… INCLUDING…7…
AMERICAN DRIVERS (FOYT…PATRICK…RICE …HUNTER-REAY…RAHAL …ANDRETTI…&CARPENTER)…(ATTACHED)
AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…
(FROM THE…MARCH 17, 2008…SHOW)
IF YOU RECALL…BUSCH…GAVE UP HIS…2007 POINT
FINISH…TO… PENSKE…DODGE TEAMMATE SAM HORNISH TO INSURE…HORNISH’S STARTING SPOT
IN THE OPENING 6 RACES OF THE 2008 CUP SEASON …AND…BUSCH…WOULD…GUARANTEE…HIS
"STARTS’…USING…PAST SERIES CHAMPION…PROVISIONALS…
WELL CHRYSLER…HAS GONE A LITTLE FURTHER…AS LAST
WEEK THEY AWARDED BUSCH
WITH THE 25,000TH…DODGE VIPER TO BE PRODUCED…AND IT’LL PROBABLY END
UP OUT AT…BARRETT-JACKSON …SOME DAY…
APPARENTLY…"ENOUGH…IS ENOUGH"…AFTER
A CHALLENGING START TO THE JOURNEYMAN SERIES SEASON…AND…SEVERAL KEY PERSONNEL
CHANGES INCLUDING THE RELEASE OF BOTH…NEWLY HIRED CREW CHIEFS…JON
WOLFE…AND…NEWT MOORE…AND NOW THE HIRING OF… MARK RENO…THE 3RD CREW
CHIEF…IN…5 RACES…# 1 PHOENIX RACING TEAM AND DRIVER…JOHNNY SAUTER…HAVE
AMICABLY PARTED WAYS.
SAUTER…WHO…LAST YEAR BROUGHT A…BRAND NEW…SINGLE
CAR TEAM INTO THE TOP-35 IN SPRINT CUP POINTS…HAS…EVIDENTLY…HAD
ENOUGH!!
AS A REMINDER TO THE…"JUNIOR NATION"…THE
SOCIALIST-REPUBLIC WILL PRINT A SPECIAL NASCAR SECTION…THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH…AND
THE…SPINDOCTOR…MICHAEL KNIGHT …WILL HAVE A…"BIG STORY"…
ON THE…"NEW"…DALE EARNHARDT JR…
AND…DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT… MICHAEL KNIGHT’S…ON
LINE… RACING… BLOG…AT…
SPIN DOCTOR 500 BLOG. BLOGSPOT. COM…BUT THE EASY WAY TO GET THERE IS
THROUGH THE…RACING ROUNDUP.COM… LINKS PAGE
FINALLY IN…"WOE IS ME"…NEWS…THE
COMBINED…I.S.C. (FRANCE FAMILY)…AND…S.M.I. (BRUTON SMITH)…BUSINESS…WHICH SELLS
ALL THAT SOUVENIER "CRAP"…AT NASCAR EVENTS…IS WHINING ABOUT …FINANCIAL
LOSSES…SUFFERED…LAST YEAR…
THE…FRANCE’S & SMITH…(ALL BILLIONAIRES…(WITH
A…"B"…BY THE WAY)…ARE SUFFERING UNDER MULTI MILLION DOLLAR LOSSES…IN THEIR
JOINT…"SOUVENIER CRAP"…BUSINESS…AND THEY ARE ATTRIBUTING THE LOSSES
TO…DALE EARNHARDT, JR.’S…"SPONSOR SWITCH… NEXTEL …CHANGING TO SPRINT…BUSCH TO
NATIONWIDE…GIBBS…GOING TO… TOYOTA…AND SO ON…AND…WE GUESS…WE’RE SUPPOSED
TO …FEEL SORRY FOR THEM…
SO…"HELP THE BROTHERS & SISTERS OUT"…AND BE SURE
TO GET SOME "NEW" SOUVENIR CRAP"…SO THESE FOLKS CAN BE…"WHOLE" AGAIN…
AND THAT’S IT…HAPPY MOTORING…